Questions tagged [notification]
Software that interacts with or creates notifications
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Mute all applications except one on Android
I'm looking for an Android application that can mute the sound notifications of all applications except one.
E.g. on Windows 7 I can do this in two clicks:
I use a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4....
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Track websites for changes
What is a good software to track web page content for changes?
I need to watch several webpages for updates and want to be notified with the modifications highlighted.
The software should be free ...
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Android app to alert me when offline for a long time
I need an app to alert me when my Android phone goes offline for over 15 minutes. I have an obligation to respond to certain requests within a short time frame and they come to my phone over the net.
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Zenity alternative for Android
Is there any Zenity alternative available for Android?
I am trying to do something like this using a Bash script in my Android device:
Show a pop-up message
Play a notification tone
Show a pop-up ...
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Scheduled notification suppression for Android
I am not looking to turn-off notifications completely, but instead, I ideally would like to be able to have Android delay all notifications until a certain time in the day, say 21:00, or whenever I ...
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Creating set of tasks with email reminder
I am looking for a web app that has the following feature: I have a template for a workflow (task) that consists of smaller subtasks that need to be done one after another.
The due dates for the ...
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App to send message when battery is low?
If a parent wanted to make sure they could contact their child at any time then they would appreciate an app stored on the child's phone which would send an SMS or email message anytime the battery ...
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Chrome extension to notify on StackExchange activity (and others)
I am looking for a Chrome Extension to show a notification using Chrome's desktop notification center whenever (for example):
I get a new email via Gmail
I get a message/answer on StackExchange ...
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A simple website monitoring service with notifications and performance reports
I'm using Pingdom (free version) to monitor one of my sites. All I need is to have instant notifications (any way -- e-mail / SMS / mobile app), when any of my sites goes down, in addition to a simple ...
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Alert when I receive an email from a certain sender in my Gmail account
I am looking for a Google Chrome extension or Windows 7 program that can trigger a visual, hard-to-miss notification whenever I receive an email from a certain sender (defined by a specific email ...
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Monitoring Front End / Dashboard & Subscription Based Alerting
Background
I work for a large enterprise; we have a number of systems with interfaces to integrate data between them, some internal and some external websites, and some mobile applications which ...
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Program to log activity in the notification area
I am looking for a program - ideally free and supporting Windows 7 - to log whenever an icon appears or disappears in the notification area. E.g. the log would be something like:
Datetime, ...
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Linux (Ubuntu) Alert on desktop on full local disk
I am looking for a desktop program that will monitor my local filesystems and pop up an alert once the usage reaches a certain threshold. I know lots of solutions for the server environment, but that ...
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Simple feed icon for Firefox
I am looking for a Firefox add-on that provides a simple feed icon.
All I want is an icon/button in the button bar that is highlighted or blinking in any way when any of my feeds has new content.
I ...
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Delay notifications for a productive day
I'm looking for an app to delay my Android notifications, and make them all pop together every X minutes.
Mobile apps try to get as much attention as possible by popping notifications right away.
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Software Recommondations to keep track of forum posts [closed]
Is there software that can keep track and notify me of new posts across messageboards and sites like StackExchange (across multiple different usernames)?
I would like it to have the following ...
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Android application to disable application notifications that doesn't need root
I am looking for an Android application that:
can disable application notifications, either by clicking on a notification or by listing all installed applications and allowing the user to check which ...
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Notification manager for Windows 10 to prevent missed notifications and view history
I'm looking for software that improves upon the default notification system built into Windows such that if any notifications come up when I'm not there to see them or just paying attention to ...
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CLI tool to use fanotify
inotify - inotifywatch
fanotify - ?
I expect the tool to be able to reliably, recursively and scalably watch a directory and report events (added files, removed files, changed files) by outputting ...
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What Java library to use for iOS APN notifications?
I need to create backend in Spring Boot for push notifications for iOS,
but I only came across 3 libraries: java-apns, javapns and pushy. The first two haven't been worked on for several years, and ...
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Voice notifications for Google Calendar on Windows
I'm attempting to find an application that will allow voice notifications for Google Calendar on Microsoft Windows operating systems. I've found some Android apps that can do this, but I still haven't ...
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Is there some sort of minimal "notifications" display utility for Windows 10?
I run Windows 10. I'm trying to display a subtle but clear visual indication on my screen when my custom-built system tells it to, in some elegant/useful manner.
The first thing I do when reinstalling ...
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Android app that will survey me at specific or random intervals
Many times I've wished there was a simple app that would let me collect data on myself throughout the day. Most recently, I'd like to use it to track my energy levels throughout the day.
The solution ...
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Cross platform framework for mobile dev (with notification and background service)
I am looking for a cross platform framework that support Android and iOS.
But the problem is: the framework should be able to
Run background services at the boot of the phone;
Push notifications.
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Server side app to retrieve email notifications from long-running processes, summarize the contents, and show a summary all in one webpage
I administer and monitor several processes that run in different servers - each process, whether they finish successfully, with errors, or don't even complete at all, sends an email notification with ...
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An Android app that changes the notification tone depending on a text message's content
Is there a free Android app (4.0+) that changes the notification sound you get when you receive a text if most of the text message is a 'confirmation'?
By 'confirmation', I mean words like 'ok', 'yes',...
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Talking notification of system events for Android
Whenever my Android phone wants to tell me anything, it beeps.
Always the same beep.
I imagine that I could configure it to use different sounds for different events, but is there an app where it ...
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Safari extension to notify when downloading is completed
I am using MacOS Yosemite. There is a default notification, which is that the Download folder "jumps" once. But most times it is easily overlooked
Is there an extension to notify when downloads are ...
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Which error tracking system to choose for a PHP application?
At this moment I am selecting an error tracking system for a PHP application.
I found only Errbit which is supposed to be used with this library: errbitPHP.
What I want:
Self-hosted application
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Tool for pop-up notifications in corner of the display or in taskbar tray
Could you recommend a Windows tool which can show custom notifications in corner of the screen (or at its edge) which I can control through the command line or through API?
So I'm seeking my own way ...
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Open source Android SMS app that can mute messages from specific contacts
I am looking for an open source SMS app for Android that can mute the contacts that I specify. I want to avoid being shown notifications when I receive SMS from particular contacts. However, I still ...
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What is the best app for alert notifications in a IT environment
What is the best app for alert notifications in an IT environment? We have been using Telegram so far, but I have gotten complaints about it.
We use it for programs like Splunk or Zabbix and a few ...
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Windows: searching for TrayTip (balloons messages) featured and scriptable tool
I have been testing Notifu for emiting balloons (traytip icons on notification area) on Windows.
It behaves all right, but I was wondering if it exists a better and more featured software or way to ...
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Software to filter Windows 10/11 notifications based on string/regex?
I'm looking for a way to filter Windows 10/11 notifications based on their content, using a string match or even regex.
My current use case is that I'm on a Discord server that has a "firehose&...
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Android Apps with Push Ads and Floating Ads
Does anyone happen to know some Android apps with annoying Push Ads and Floating Ads? I plan to study Android Ads and want to get a list of exampled apps before conducting a large-scale empirical ...
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Which software can turn on a light if a UI notification is received?
Requirement
Must
If I get an operating system UI notification message, then turn on a light.
Should
If I get a message in a message in slack, teams, or outlook, then turn on a light.
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Must
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Set a timed reminder from the terminal
How can I issue a shell command in my terminal that will alert me with a notification once a given time has passed?
To make it a bit more specific, some things I am looking for are:
I only need one ...
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Free software webmail server that can send "you have new mail" notifications
We want to provide a webmail to our members. But since members are likely not to check this webmail very often (some of them have a life) we want the system to send notifications to the members about ...
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Online tool to receive email notifications matching a Facebook Marketplace search criteria
I would like a free online service where I can login, and then specify a search criteria to search the Facebook Marketplace. When new entries in the marketplace are found matching my search criteria, ...
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Google Chrome browser notification history
Is there a way/place where to see the notification history of the Google Chrome browser?
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Countdown, Timer & Alarm Clock software with very specific features
Looking for the following features, or help creating them myself, in an as small an amount of separate programs as possible.
OS: Windows 10.
Android would also be interesting, but strictly optional, ...
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What .net libraries can I use to synchronize in-memory object graph over multiple machines?
A task to accomplish
Replace my read queries to a DB with requests to an in-memory snapshot of said DB to improve my server's performance. I've a DB of a very moderate size, with a few write requests ...
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App to automatically tap when certain notifications/screens are shown?
Is there an app that will automatically tap Android notifications like the incoming call screen (it's in fullscreen).
What app that can perform auto tap to that screen automatically?
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Browser addition/script to ping me when site changes title
I would like to know if there is any free application that would let an acoustic sound ping me whenever a specific website title changes to a specific (set of) titles.
This is because the site has ...
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Notify after 23 hours of VPN connection
I use Cisco VPN Client to connect to work. They have a 24 hour connection disconnect policy. VPN will disconnect in 24 hours. This causes issues with programs that use the VPN connections, I have lost ...
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Google Chrome extension for MediaWiki / WikiMedia notifications
Not so long ago the official WikiMedia wikis introduced a notification feature.
You'll see a little box to the right of your username at the top of the page when you're logged in. It will turn red ...
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GPL-compatible toast notifications library for Windows
I am developing a GNU-GPLv3-licensed C# Windows app.
I want to show non-invasive notifications that disappear after a few seconds.
Something like this:
Is there a GPL-compatible C# library to show ...
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Program to notify when content of a UNC path is changed
Given a local server that is accessed by a number of users, I need to provide those users with a piece of software (on their own computers) that will notify them when files are modified in a specific ...
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Getting a notification when a website becomes online
I am looking for a program, web browser extension or website service that can give me some notifications (e.g., email or pop-up) whenever a website isn't down anymore.
Any price, license, web browser ...
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simple lightweight reliable method to send notifications to ubuntu over internet
Me and my friend are using Ubuntu 16.04 I want to have a method to send a notification to her laptop. She is not so experienced with Linux so It's better to be very easy to setup. I want it to be ...
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